Biomarker-guided therapy for colorectal cancer: strength in complexity

A Sveen, S Kopetz, RA Lothe - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2020 - nature.com
The number of molecularly stratified treatment options available to patients with colorectal
cancer (CRC) is increasing, with a parallel rise in the use of biomarkers to guide …

[HTML][HTML] Early stage colon cancer: Current treatment standards, evolving paradigms, and future directions

S Chakrabarti, CY Peterson, D Sriram… - World journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colon cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity
throughout the world despite the availability of reliable screening tools and effective …

Mismatch repair–deficient rectal cancer and resistance to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

A Cercek, G Dos Santos Fernandes, CS Roxburgh… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: Evaluate response of mismatch repair–deficient (dMMR) rectal cancer to
neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Experimental Design: dMMR rectal tumors at Memorial Sloan …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring and modelling colon cancer inter-tumour heterogeneity: opportunities and challenges

JY Buikhuisen, A Torang, JP Medema - Oncogenesis, 2020 - nature.com
Colon cancer inter-tumour heterogeneity is installed on multiple levels, ranging from (epi)
genetic driver events to signalling pathway rewiring reflected by differential gene expression …

Prevalence of RAS and BRAF mutations in metastatic colorectal cancer patients by tumor sidedness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

LC Bylsma, C Gillezeau, TA Garawin… - Cancer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Studies have shown that the prevalence of RAS and BRAF mutations may differ by tumor
sidedness among metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients. Both mutation status and …

[HTML][HTML] The heterogeneous clinical and pathological landscapes of metastatic Braf-mutated colorectal cancer

GN Fanelli, CA Dal Pozzo, I Depetris, M Schirripa… - Cancer Cell …, 2020 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a complex and molecularly heterogeneous disease representing
one of the most frequent causes of cancer-related death worldwide. About 8–15% of CRCs …

Is hepatectomy justified for BRAF mutant colorectal liver metastases?: a multi-institutional analysis of 1497 patients

J Gagnière, A Dupré, SS Gholami, D Pezet… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To analyze clinical outcomes and prognostic variables of patients undergoing
hepatic resection for BRAF mutant (BRAF-mut) colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) …

[HTML][HTML] BRAF mutated colorectal cancer: New treatment approaches

J Molina-Cerrillo, M San Román, J Pozas… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Colon cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies in adults, considering
both its incidence and prevalence. Anatomically, the right colon is considered as being from …

[HTML][HTML] CD73's potential as an immunotherapy target in gastrointestinal cancers

JB Harvey, LH Phan, OE Villarreal… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
CD73, a cell surface 5′ nucleotidase that generates adenosine, has emerged as an
attractive therapeutic target for reprogramming cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment …

Prognosis and chemosensitivity of deficient MMR phenotype in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: An AGEO retrospective multicenter study

D Tougeron, B Sueur, A Zaanan… - … Journal of Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mismatch repair‐deficient (dMMR) and/or microsatellite instability‐high (MSI) colorectal
cancers (CRC) represent about 5% of metastatic CRC (mCRC). Prognosis and …